Robert Lee Jones, known as June Bug, was shot dead outside his Benton Harbor home on May 26, 2023. Police found the 64-year-old in the 1700 block of Plimpton Avenue with a fatal gunshot wound to the neck. He was born in Benton Harbor on April 19, 1959, graduated from Benton Harbor High School in 1977, retired in 2001 after working as a forklift driver, and was a father of four with a common-law wife of 22 years. Friends remembered him as an avid outdoorsman who liked fishing and grilling and a man who could make people laugh.

Witnesses who heard the shots reported seeing a man matching the description of 83-year-old Julius Oats leaving the scene; police later located and arrested Oats the same evening. He was charged with open murder and other firearms offenses. A motive has not been disclosed. If anyone knew Robert or saw activity around Plimpton Avenue that afternoon, please share information that could help the investigation.